Ronald Glasfryn Lewis (11 December 1928 – 11 January 1982), was an actor, best known for his appearances in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life and career Lewis was born in Port Talbot, Glamorgan, the son of an accountant. He moved with his family to London when he was seven. During the war he was evacuated back to south Wales, where he attended Bridgend Grammar School. There he played Bassanio in the school production of The Merchant of Venice. He decided to become an actor after seeing George Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan at the Prince of Wales Theatre in Cardiff. He studied at RADA, graduating in 1953. Early roles Lewis's first professional role was in Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband (1950) in repertory at Worthing. He was in The Square Ring at Hammersmith. Lewis had an uncredited bit part in Valley of Song, set in Wales. He was credited for the film version of The Square Ring (1953), for Ealing; The Beachcomber (1954), as a native islander; The Face of Love (1954) for the BBC; and Fantastic Summer (1955) for TV. He had a larger part in Helen of Troy (1955) as Aeneas and provided some romantic interest in The Prisoner (1955), with Alec Guinness. He was also in a play The Bad Samaritan. Rise to stardom Lewis achieved attention with his stage performance in Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill, directed by Peter Hall (1955). This led to Alexander Korda signing Lewis to a contract with London Films and giving him a role in Storm Over the Nile (1956), as one of the main group of friends. He was third billed in the comedy Sailor Beware (1956), one of the ten most popular films at the British box office in 1956. Lewis was cast opposite Vivien Leigh on stage in South Sea Bubble (1956) by Noël Coward, replacing Peter Finch at the last minute. Lewis reprised this role on British TV. He played the important role of Private Wyatt in A Hill in Korea (1956), a Korean War film, alongside George Baker, Harry Andrews, Stanley Baker, Robert Shaw, and, in his first film role, Michael Caine. Leading man Rank tried to build Lewis into a star, giving him the lead in a thriller, The Secret Place (1957), alongside Belinda Lee. On British TV he was in Salome (1957), El Bandido and the TV series Hour of